The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Drives innovation: AI automation is a powerful R&D assistant. Explore now In the realm of AI automation, this opens up powerful possibilities for automating creative and content-heavy tasks. Increases organizational agility: AI automation helps your business keep up with zig-zagging market trends without missing a beat.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Creativity. So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A As a practitioner of creativity rather than as an instructor of it I’m certain that there are many ways to get the creative juices flowing and how to release more creativity. I use tools to invoke my creative self.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

What areas need to be disrupted? New York has quickly become one of the best places in the world to start a company, but if you look at demographics, Brooklyn is a unique area whose innovator and maker population outnumbers most other cities in the country. More Accessible Innovation Resources for All. The Year of the Pivot.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Some oppose industry disruption – I embrace it. It’s true that sometimes disruption forces companies out of business, and thus forces people out of their jobs. But the innovative minds that cause change are what we, as entrepreneurs and consumers, should want. Without this knowledge, industry disruption is near impossible.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Wherever your business sits on the spectrum, you’ll want to follow these tips to navigate supply chain disruption. Most Popular: The Benefits of Encouraging Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace. So, how can one navigate the disruptions and mitigate the risks? So, how did we get here? You got this!

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

25 seed and early-stage startups participate in a 5-month long program ending with a Demo Day showcasing their disruptive innovation For its 2024 global accelerator cohort, Morgan Stanley received thousands of applications. The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2022

A few years ago, I was at Techcrunch Disrupt and this guy taps me on the shoulder as I was chatting in a group. My company is Bread and we make ad creative super easy. And if you want to know where and when I might be showing up to things, follow my weekly NYC innovation community events e-mail here. My name is Alan.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 is weeks away, and today I’m thrilled to announce the 200 startups selected to participate in the first ever Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. These rising-star startups represent the innovation taking place across these tech categories: Hardware, Robotics, AI + ML. Tickets are still available to the show.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. A 90% disruption in cost spawns innovation – believe me. Open source became a movement – a mentality. Spawning of Micro VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. David Cohen deserves much credit for building TechStars into an internationally recognized brand name for innovation. You can be part of the creative destruction. Of course I have. Can’t list them all. No Dave S. =

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

The soundbite: “What distinguishes the apex innovators from behemoths who disappear? Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S, Here are some key insights from the event. Their ability to run experiments at pace and scale.”

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

The platform continues to achieve historical milestones, garnering more than 100 million users in its first two months, marking the beginning of a new era of disruption. For enterprise applications, SaaS companies like Salesforce may launch plugins to improve ease of use and enable users to become more creative on their platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The future of TV will follow the rule of Deflationary Economics as I outline influenced by the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. Think creatively. billion views. The music industry.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A world-class tech conference like TechCrunch Disrupt — coming to you live and in person in San Francisco on October 18-20 — doesn’t just happen. I love Disrupt because it features incredible companies. Rachael Wilcox, creative producer, Volvo Cars. TechCrunch Disrupt takes place in San Francisco on October 18-20.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

Joe Reilly , CEO of Circulus Group and a longtime contributor to Family Wealth Report , interviewed me to share views on disruption in asset management, my research into the field, and where the industry needs to be headed. Reilly: What do you find is most disruptive in the industry right now? What prompted you to explore this space?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TechCrunch Disrupt this year looks a whole lot different than any previous year, and it’s really big news. For the first time ever, TechCrunch will invite a curated cohort of 200 early-stage startups — officially known as the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 — to TC Disrupt.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

Creatives face late payments, and often opaque industry practices, even as top talent agencies have collectively achieved a valuation of $20 billion. It’s now looking to address the wider problems referred to above, with a new round of funding involving some key players in the creative industries. Contact has now raised a $1.9

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

The global economic and political turmoil of the past year has had a meaningful impact on corporate innovation in the technology industry and beyond. Inevitably, these changes will have a chilling effect on innovation in the years to come. However, there is perhaps a silver lining when it comes to the prospects for innovation.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

. — April 17, 2024 — CharmHealth , a leader in healthcare technology solutions for providers, today announced the kickoff of its 2024 Innovation Challenge. This focus allows CharmHealth to concentrate its resources and expertise in a particular realm, fostering innovation and advancements in the EHR and related landscapes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press. 10 signs Internet TV is Ready to Disrupt the Industry. Distribution costs have, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2024

Unconventional problem-solving One of the most surprising insights I’ve gained over the years is the creativity and innovation displayed by college student entrepreneurs in solving problems. The energy and focus these studentrepreneurs have for building, solving, innovating, and driving is truly infectious.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

The difference between amazing ideas and genuine innovation Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

Disruptive and unconventional marketing and brand tactics. This podcast focuses on unconventional thinking, disrupting, thinking outside of the box and challenging traditional marketing tactics. Each week we’ll be sharing a podcast from some of the many great business speakers and mentors you can catch at the festival.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While our platform provides consistent, higher-paying work for creative freelancers on teams that they have an affinity toward, our algorithm lets us scale operations. How is your offering disrupting the industry? He leads a team of creative and hardworking individuals who are dedicated to the development of 150birds.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

And like many other industries, “business as usual” has been completely disrupted by the coronavirus. For many of those cities– who have been laying the foundational bricks of innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities for the last decade or more?—?this Part I) Cities are Like Startups Cities are like startups.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 19, 2022

However, it is pertinent to be very careful when hiring your first team members — the last thing you want to do is onboard someone who turns out to be a bad fit and causes major disruptions. For example, you can determine that your business places great value on teamwork, innovation, eco-friendliness, top-tier customer service, etc.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. The new and old regulatory innovations are accelerating fintech’s success. See a16z.com/global-payments for more.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

With great innovation comes big change, or even better, disruption, to systems that have been in place for years. Studios are causing this precise disruption to the traditional ways of building companies and how to invest in them. This inflexibility has left the door open for other groups of nimble investors. Y-Combinator: 0.5%

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Troy represents what I believe the best magic of Los Angeles is – the merging together of creative talent with technical talent and he brings the lessons learned from these two fields into investments nationally. She was disruptive. But can you really cross over from spotting music talent to spotting tech talent?

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

Generation Z are the newest additions to the workforce and are described as universal, innovative and open-minded as well as those who value diversity, individuality, creativity and personalization. Like millennials, they favor digital communications with an emphasis on social media. Schedule a Consultation with AccessPoint.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2022

There’s no hiding from it: The metaverse is coming, and it’s on track to disrupt the world of business as we know it. And this is a challenge that the metaverse and immersive reality innovators are stepping up to address. But less than half of respondents had a clear sense of how to address the issue.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

With COVID-19 disrupting the entire manufacturing supply chain including semiconductor shortages, companies across multiple industries have been struggling to seek a procurement solution that can rebalance the gap between supply and demand. The acceleration of B2B AI innovation has begun. Enterprise AI 2.0:

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Apeel Sciences , a food system innovation company, is out to prevent food produced globally from ending up in the landfill, especially as pressures from the global pandemic affect the food supply chain. With the new funding, Apeel has now raised over $635 million since the company was founded in 2012.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 14, 2019

They tend to be very capital efficient, fast growing businesses that can be quite disruptive. Many innovative companies now have design operations teams that do this is a full-time job. But if we are able to overcome it, the amount of creativity we could unlock could be enormous. Open source projects revolve around Github.

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